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Absolute Beginners

(1986)

April 4, 1986 1h 48m
54%
TMDB Score

Overview

A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model Crepe Suzette, but her relationships are strictly connected with her progress in the fashion world. So Colin gets involved with a pop promoter and tries to crack the big time. Meanwhile, racial tension is brewing in Colin's Notting Hill housing estate...

Julien Temple

Director

Top Billed Cast

EO

Eddie O'Connell

Colin, Photographer / Narrator

PK

Patsy Kensit

Suzette

JF

James Fox

Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen

DB

David Bowie

Vendice Partners

RD

Ray Davies

Arthur, Colin's Dad

MR

Mandy Rice-Davies

Flora, Colin's Mum

EF

Eve Ferret

Big Jill

TH

Tony Hippolyte

Mr. Cool

GF

Graham Fletcher-Cook

Wizard

JM

Joseph McKenna

Fabulous Hoplite

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